*Required disclaimer: Results,
symptoms and treatment may vary from person to person, all individual cases
are taken on merit.

What does hypno-therapy help with? The more behavioual or psychological your issue is the more successfully
hypnotherapy can usually treat it. When you consider the effects of stress
on the body, immune system etc, there are many medical conditions which
have a psychological element to them ... ulcers, ecema, etc, See
full list.

-How long will a session take?
All sessions are one hour long. Occaissionally a double session may be needed.
This would be planned between us in advance.

-Can I try it out before I buy?
Yes. After a half hour in the first session you can leave, paying nothing,
if you decide hypnotherapy is not for you.

-How many sessions will it take?
This varies but I generally see some improvement after the first session
involving hypnosis. The hypnotherapeutic process differs for everyone. No
two people have the same day dreams, let alone the same mind, or the same
susceptibility to hypnotic suggestion, same motivation, exactly the same
symptoms, severity and root causes. As a basic guide, most issues can usually
be successfully treated within 2-6 sessions (which is fast compared to the
10-20 sessions required for similar results in other psychotherapy treatments)
but a very deep rooted or complex problem e.g, depression or OCD, may result
in more sessions.

-What is a hypnotic trance? Is it safe? Trance is a very natural state and over the course of a normal
day it occurs many times in all of us (watching a film, working on 'autopilot',
reading, driving... to name but a few instances). Hypnosis is simply another
person guiding you into this kind of 'trance' state - so it's as safe as
reading a book(!), as the hypnotherapist has your best interests at heart.
Unlike with stage hypnotism, a fully registered and qualified hypnotherapist
does. In this relaxed, focused state you will be more open to the helpful
suggestions that the hypnotist makes. You might feel a tingling or heaviness
usually in your feet or hands and will feel very relaxed when you 'wake'
out of the trance. You cannot get 'stuck' in a trance and there are no side
effects. You will be in the same 'state' when you leave as when you arrived
and fine to drive etc,.

-Can everyone be hypnotised?
Anyone over the age of 5 who is willing, and is able to relax, can be hypnotised!
(except people with certain neurological conditions or particular learning
difficulties)

-Will it work?
There are no gaurantees. Hypnotherapy can help with all problems detailed
on this site, most of the time for most people.

-What do you charge?£80 per hour. Payable at the session. Smoking cessation is
£240 for a double session with a free follow up session.

-How do I pay?
By cheque or cash, after the session please.

-Is treatment confidential?
Totally! Registered Hypnotherapists are bound by the same confidentiality
agreements and ethical codes as doctors and other registered therapists.

-Can I bring someone?
If you wish. They can either sit in on the session or in the car. Having
someone you know in the therapy room can sometimes be off-putting for you,
especially if you are searching for inner problems you might not want them
to overhear. You can also have an audio or video recording of the session.

-What is the therapeutic process?
In short.. firstly getting to know you, your problems and your goals. Then
setting about creating the changes you need.
The first session is almost always dedicated to getting the clearest picture
of what your issues are and what they mean to you. This is not a case of
everyone taking the same pill for a headache. Everyone has a unique combination
of problems, expression of symptoms, and root causes to their issues. Furthermore
every person views each of these in their own way. For me to work
effectively with you I need to understand as best as possible where you
are at now, how you view that, where you want to be, and the best way of
getting you there.
The route to success may be anything from straightforward to long and complex
but generally involves inducing change within parts of you that you don't
feel in control of. Your subconscious stores all your preconceived notions,
habits, reactions, and long formulated patterns of behaviour. Changing these
via the conscious mind can be nigh on impossible by yourself and can take
a great many sessions in regular therapy. Hypnotherapy involves 'talking'
directly with the unconscious mind and this is the strength of its approach.
The main 'skill' of my approach however is in understanding what we need
to say to it to encourage it to change in the ways you'd like! Once we know
exactly what we are needing to change, undesired behaviours that have embedded
themselves deep in your unconscious over many years can be reversed or replaced
very quickly.

-Can you help me without hypnosis?
Yes I can utilise many other therapeutic techniques. Hypnosis is an excellent
tool for delivering therapy but my effectiveness comes as much from my empathetic
approach and my training in other areas of psychotherapy. I am trained in
NLP (Neuro lingual programming), EMDR, and Discursive Empowerment, and also
use techniques from the following therapies: CBT (cognitive behavioural
therapy), Timeline therapy, EFT (emotional freedom technique), client-centered
therapy, coaching & goal orientated therapy, solution-focused therapy,
New Code NLP, psychodynamic, Gestalt therapy, REBT (rational emotional behavioural
therapy)

Conditions that may be treatable with hypnotherapy:
Where there is a mental component to your issue hypnotherapy can potentially
remove the root cause and symptoms (e.g., Anxiety, IBS, smoking). Where
the condition below is purely physiological hypnotherapy can help you cope
with the symptoms (e.g., cancer, tinnitus)